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North American ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 online resource (81 pages)) |
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text file |
| Note |
Originally published in Germany by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and filmography. |
| Contents |
Part A: Introduction -- 1. Definition and medical practice of organ transplantation -- Success rates -- 2. The ethics of organ and tissue donation -- Post-mortem donors -- Living donors -- Body concepts and personal identity -- Commodification and organ trade -- Xenotransplantation -- Further reading -- Part B: Case studies -- Case: Living kidney donation -- the right to refuse -- Case: Living liver donation and competent decision making -- Case: Parental living kidney donation -- Case: Living liver donation -- the right to refuse -- Case: Living organ donation -- legal limits to non-family related donations -- Case: Organ transplantation -- mentally incompetent recipients -- Case: Living organ transplantation: cross-national donors -- Case: Living organ donation -- legal restrictions on donorrecipient-relationship -- Case: Samaritan donation -- risk assessment and nonmaleficence -- Case: Samaritan donation -- domino-paired issue of justice -- Case: Living kidney donation -- psychological and cognitive restrictions of the donor -- Case: Living organ donation -- socio-economic relationship between donor and recipient -- Case: Living organ donation -- limits of donor autonomy -- Case: Living bone transplant -- informed consent for donation -- Case: Bone marrow transplantation -- mentally incompetent donor -- Case: Post-mortem organ donation -- cultural aspects of death and burial traditions -- Case: Brain death -- consent procedure -- Case: Post-mortem organ donation and religious conflicts I -- Case: Post-mortem organ donation and religious conflicts II -- follow the law or avoid a scandal? -- Case: Definition of death and cultural aspects -- family's role -- Case: Conscientious objection of physicians -- Case: Directed (post-mortem) donation -- role of preferences for allocation -- Case: Heart-lung-transplantation -- assessing high risks -- Case: Post-mortem organ donation -- parental consent -- Case: Xenotransplantation -- human trial and informed consent -- Case: Organ trade -- post-surgical follow-up treatment -- Case: Organ trade -- supporting medical tourism -- Case: Organ trade -- socio-economic dependency between donor and recipient -- Case: Organ traffic -- financial incentives for doctors -- Case: From the perspectives of the patient -- is there a right to buy a kidney from a stranger from another country? -- Part C: Movies as teaching material -- ethical issues in organ transplantation -- Table of movies -- List of Contributors. |
| Summary |
Organ transplantation allows modern surgeons to give new life to chronically ill patients. At the same time, the new opportunities raise ethical questions concerning human identity and the definition of the human body. These concerns do not play out the same in all cultures or in every situation. This collection of 30 case studies illustrates the range of global and local, ethical, social, and cultural problems associated with organ transplantation. The collection also provides a list of popular movies and websites to aid instructors and their students. This work is aimed at educators in medicine, health care, philosophy, and religious studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Study and teaching.
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Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Transplantation -- ethics. |
| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Wöhlke, Sabine.
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Wiesemann, Claudia, 1958-
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Schicktanz, Silke.
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Carmi, Amnon.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 193560306X 9781935603061 |
| ISBN |
9781935603696 (electronic book) |
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1935603698 (electronic book) |
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9781937378295 (electronic book) |
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1937378292 (electronic book) |
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9781935603061 |
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193560306X |
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